FORWARD HO ... HO HO !!!

Mercury completed its final retrograde journey for 2012 yesterday, 11/26, and stationed back into direct motion at 5:48 PM EST - do I hear a BIG SIGH OF RELIEF out there ??? ... time to ease back into the forward swing of things on many levels ... over the next few days to the next few weeks or even months, there may be some "a-ha" lights coming on in regard to decisions made during the retrograde period from 11/6 through yesterday 11/26 and possibly as far back as 10/18 when Mercury entered its shadow point - the point where it would come out of the retrograde journey today which was at 18 degrees of Scorpio ... or did issues and complications or questioning arise in regards to things done during the last retrograde period from 7/14 - 8/7(8) ??? ... or maybe even as far back as the Mercury retrograde period from 3/12 - 4/4 !!!! ... remember this was a dual sign Mercury retrograde from 4 degrees of Sagittarius back down to 18 degrees of Scorpio ...

Now the recurring question we may find ourselves asking is "WHY" or "WHAAAAT ??????? ...What actions did you take or were taken against you that you may now be regretting or simply wondering why you chose to do or were the victim of that particular course of action, and why didn't you or the other person wait a little longer or are simply now trying to figure out why it happened ???? .... did you make any major purchases - homes, cars, electronics - that now don't seem like the best thought out course of action ??? ... there could be problems regarding any purchases made with anything where electrical energy and/or computers were involved .... relationships may have come to an end - some needed to and others may have jumped the gun and you are now wondering, or will be, why did I do that or end things at this point ... and how many of you got married - oops !!! ... all of these scenarios are possible as the energy of a Mercury retrograde is one where communications and mental energy is going "backwards"... and how many of you had travel plans that fell apart, ran into nasty delays or did not turn out how you thought they would ??? ... did anyone from your past come back around only to go out again or make you understand why they aren't actively in your life anymore ???

 

Mercury retrograding in Sagittarius, the sign ruled by Jupiter and also the natural ruling sign of the 9th house, could have given rise to issues regarding the law, religion, science, ideals, higher learning, philosophy, psychological issues, mental studies, our dreams and visions, long distance travel, foreigners, foreign dealings, commerce, big business, imports and exports, spirituality and the church, the clergy, in-laws, grandchildren, intuition, ethics, and lessons we learn though living ... sometimes we just may have had a difficult time being able to perceive the bigger picture as well ... health-wise, there could have been issues with the liver, hips and thighs which are ruled by Sagittarius, in addition to general health issues as Mercury naturally rules the 6th house of health ...

 

Mercury then retrograding in the sign of Scorpio shifted the focus to different areas in life - those being ruled by Pluto, the ruling planet of Scorpio, and 8th house matters - the matters that Scorpio naturally rules ... issues then could have arisen regarding things which are hidden - especially in the unconscious self, the masses, crime, phobias and obsessions, slow growth, birth and death, isolation, coercion, kidnapping, bacteria and viruses, generation/regeneration/degeneration, secrets and things kept undercover, plumbing, dictatorships and unpopular causes - all of these things ruled by Pluto ... also issues regarding support one receives from other people - including financial, moral, spiritual and physical, legacies, trusts, wills, taxes, insurance matters, sex, spiritual/physical regeneration, psychological rebirth, degeneration and death both literal and figurative, occult matters, sleep, deep research, investigations, hidden assets, assets of partners alimony, and surgeries - all of these matters represented by the 8th house ... also health-wise, their could have been issues with the genitalia and reproductive organs ...

 

Now there may be a few instances where nothing really major happened but rather only minor annoyances ... those of you born with your natal Sun between 4 degrees of Sagittarius back down to 18 degrees of Scorpio may also have had something significant occur during this retrograde as Mercury passed back over your natal Sun at some point ... also, any new beginnings made and contracts signed during the retrograde period may not pan out in the end as the energy simply won't be supported ... new jobs begun or accepted during the retrograde period may not prove to be what they were supposed to be or completely fall apart down the road, or perhaps you will not get the monetary compensation for what you were hired to do ...

Mercury remains in the sign of Scorpio until December 10th when it will re-enter the sign of Sagittarius for its complete transit ... even though it is direct, and that is a VERY GOOD thing, Mercury will not be back up to "full speed" until December 14th when it exits the retrograde zone which is the point at where the retrograde began on November 6th, and that was 4 degrees of Sagittarius ... we can all now take a deep breath, release it and energetically start digging into that Holiday shopping with perhaps a little less stress and aggravation !!! ... Mercury remains in direct motion until its first retrograde journey for 2013 begins on February 23rd ... for now it's time to bust a move and, in the spirit of the Holiday season, to do so by moving FORWARD HO - HO HO  !!!